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JOSEPH A. GROEBLI, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE KURSIIEEDT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CARD-PUNCHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,544, dated December 17, 1895.

Application filed November 22, 1894. Serial No. 529,549. (No model.) i

To @ZZ whom, t may concern..- drawn to the same scale. Fig. 8, Sheet 7, is Be it known that l, J OsEPH A. GROEBLI, a a front view, partly in section, on a still larger resident ofthe city, county, and State of New scale, of that part of my machine immediately York, have invented certain new and useful above the bed-plate. Fig. 8 is a detail side 55 5 Improvements in Card-Punching Machines, view of the mechanism for locking the gearof which the following is a full, clear, and exwheels a5, hereinafter referred to. Fig. 8b is a act description. detail view ofthe mechanism for actuating the Myinvention relates to card-punchin g maend punches, hereinafter referred to. Fig. 9 chines, and has for its object to produce a mais a rear view of the same drawn to the same 6o 1o chine that will punch Jacquard cards, being scale. Fig. 10 is a vertical section through more especially adapted to punch cards for the center of the driving-shaft, showing deuse in a certain fabric-moving mechanism for tails of the friction-clutch. Fig. l1 is a horiembroidering-machines, set forth and illuszontal section on the line 11 11 of Fig. 10. trated in Letters Patent No. 528,632, dated Fig. 12 isafragmental vertical section on the 65 15 November 6, 1891. lines 12 l2 of Figs. 10 and 11,the latter three To this end my invention consists of suitable being drawn to the same scale as Fig. 9. Fig. mechanisms for measuring distances in two 13 is a full-size vertical section on lines 13 13 specific directions from stitch to stitch on the of Figs. 8 and 1-1, showing the machine from pattern and means for communicating themothe bed-plate up. Fig. 13 is a view similar 7o zo tions of these mechanisms to suitable mechto Fig. 13, showing the parts below the bedanisms for selecting a plurality of punches for plate which operate the parts shown in Fig. 13. each measuring mechanism, the punches rep- Fig. 1l is a vertical section at right angles to resenting jointly the eXtent of motion of the that of Fig. 13, taken on the line 14 14c'of that measuring mechanism. figure. Fig. 15 is a sectional plan on the line 75 25 My invention further consists in certain de- 15 15 of Fig. 13. Fig. 16 is a detail section on tails of construction of the machine herein the line 16 16 of Fig. 8. Fig. 17 shows the same described, illustrated in the accompanying mechanism as Fig. 16, but in a different posidrawings and more particularly pointed out tion. Figs. 18, 19, and 2On are details on the in the claims, together with all structures lines 18 18, 19 19, and 205L 20 of Fig. 2O that 8o 3o which may justly be regarded as equivalent will be fully explained hereinafter. Fig. 20 structures. is a rear view of that portion of my machine I attain the object of my invention by which is represented, on a smaller scale, in means of the mechanism illustrated in the acthe left-hand upper corner of Fig. 8. Fig. 21 `companying drawings, showing one form of is a detail in vertical section on line 21 21 of S 5 3 5 my machine, in which- Fig. 20. Fig. 22 is a plan of the same device Figure 1, Sheet 1, shows a front elevation 0n the line 22 22 of Fig. 20. Figs. 23, 24, 25, of the lower part of my card-punching ma- 26, and 27 are detail views of receiving-roller chine. Fig. 2, Sheet 2,is a front elevation of and its feed and release. Fig. 28, Sheet 5, the upper part of the same. Fig. 3, Sheet 3, is a horizontal section on the line 28 28 of 9o .1ro is a side elevation of the lower part. Fig. 11, Fig. 1. Fig. 29, Sheet 5, is a fragmental sec- Sheet 1, is a side elevation of the upper part. tion on line 29 29 of Fig. 1, showing details Fig. 5, Sheet 4, is a vertical section on the of the pointer. Y line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6, Sheet 5, is a frag- Byreferringto Letters Patent forthe fabricmental plan .view on line 6 6 of Fig. 1, lookmoving mechanism before mentioned, No. 95 45 ing from the rear, drawn toalarger scale than 528,632, dated November 6, 1894, it will be the preceding, illustrating the driving, startnoticed that the Jacquard card passing around ing, and stopping mechanisms, together with a perforated drum selects certain pins which, the hand-operated setting mechanism for the by their combined action, serve to move the devices for selecting the punches,more clearly fabric-frame in a predetermined direction and 1 :o 5o shown in Fig. 7, Sheet 6, which is a vertical to a predetermined extent. This predetersection on the line 7 7of the preceding figure, mined motion is the resultant of the motions of two slides. The motions of these two slides are the reproduction, on a smaller scale, of that given by the operator to two measuring mechanisms forming part of the herein-described machine. These measuring mechanisms move in front of and in a plane parallel to the face of a board on which is secured an enlarged duplicate of the pattern which is to be produced on the fabric of the embroidering-machine to which my fabric-moving mechanism is attached.

The mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described in the following specification selects automatically the proper punches to perforate the card, which, by means of the fabric-moving mechanism, reproduces the motions of the before-mentioned measuring mechanisms.

Before proceeding to the detailed description of the machine, I will state that I provide a device for measuring` distances in a specific direction, and another device for measuring` distances in another specific direction at an angle tothe first direction, distances at angles to these two lines being measured by actuating both measuring mechanisms to a greater or less degree corresponding to the length and direction of the desired line. These measuring mechanisms are each preferably connected to a plurality of selecting devices for selectin g the punches to be operated, so that a plurality of pins may be selected by the movement of a measuring mechanism. The reason for this will be apparent from an inspection of my patented machine before referred to, wherein the movements of the fabric-frame are effected by perforations in a pattern. These movements are primarily brought about by two movements of the fabric-frame on lines at an angle to each other, these angular movements being made simultaneously and thereby compounded to produce the resultant movement. Each of these angular movements will hereinafter be referred to as a movement on one line. The movements on one line greater than a specified extent are produced with the aid of a pattern by the joint action of a plurality of Jacquard pins, each of which imparts to the fabric-frame a predetermined extent of motion on the one line, these movements to predetermined extents being compounded in each case to give tie resultant movement on one line-that is t1) say, if one pin gives a movement in a certain direction of a cert-ain extent and another pin a movement of another certain extent on the same line the two movements are added or subtracted to produce the resultant movement on one line. Now in the present invention there is provided a series of punches for punching a pattern for giving these various nievements,the extent of these movements depending upon the location of the perforations in the pattern which location will depend upon the position of the punch in the series of punches. This is what is meant by the expression extent as applied to the punches. For producing any movement on one line which is less than a certain specified extent but a single punch will be actuated. For movements on one line of greater extent than this iixed cxtent two punches null be actuated and their extents of movement compounded so that the extent of movement on one line will be equal to the sum or diiference (as the case maybe) of the various extents of the actuated punches, the punches thus representing jointly the extent of movement on the one line. Thus it will be seen that two punches are selected each representing an extent of motion the complement of portions of one measurement on one line. In this respect the invention differs from systems heretofore devised for that in existing systems but a single extentpunch is actuated to give a movement on one line, whereas by my invention I actuate a plurality of punches and add or subtract their extents by means of a reversing-punch in order to give the desired extent of movement on one line. These punches will in many cases be non-adjacent punches.

It may be proper to here explain that the reversing-punch is not solely for effecting a subtraction of a lesser movement from a greater, but is primarily for the purpose of punching the pattern to produce a reverse motion of the fabric-frame, for it will be obvious that the reversed motion must of necessity be subtracted from the direct motion when both are made simultaneously.

In the drawings, the main frame A orhousings of the machine are securely held together by cross-ties B B, Figs. l to 5. Upon brackets C C, Fig. l, made integrally with or otherwise secured to the frame, rests and is secured to them the bed-plate D. To the crossties B B of the upper part of the frame, on either side, bracket-s E IC, secured to said cross-ties, support and are bolted to fiat upright bars of steel F F. To the lower (Fig. l) and upper ends (Fig. 2) of these bars F F are fastened U-shaped bearings j". In the two lower bearings f rest and are free to rotate therein short shafts f, which carry, secured to them between the parallel sides of the U- shaped bearings, Hat-faced pulleys f2. In the two upper bearings f rest and are free to rotate therein two independent axles.

In a hub j"3 of the bearings f f rests an idle shaft f extending across the machine from one bearing to the other. The office of this idle shaft is to support, two grooved pulleys f 7which are mounted loosely en the shaft and held from lateral movement by two collars Thus the pulleys f" and grooved pulleys f" on either side rotate independently. Around the grooved pulleys f7, extending downward and passing around two exactly similar grooved pulleys f8 of the same size as f7, are two endless cords f f1@ stretched sufficiently tightaround their respective sheaves to transmit a rotary movement to these sheaves when an up or down movement is given to either or both cords by the operator, who sits or IOO IIO 

